I am sure none of you guys have cars that leak any oil, but I have a couple of air-cooled 911's that do leak "just a little" when parked for a while.
I've seen some incredible garages here. Just wondering what you guys use under your cars to catch the oil and keep from adding patina to your floors?

I do realize that I need to eventually have the leaks addressed, but they are so minor that they really don't bother me that much.

Thanks.

Robert

 

Cardboard, easy to replace and absorbent, looks cheap but hey.

 

Get an epoxy floor. Easy clean up.

 

nothing, garage is to protect my cars. not the other way around and i have very expensive, dyed and polished to mirror shine floor.

 

Your cars don't leak!

 

CArdboard. Also absorbs moisture coming out of the cement

 

Flat tray purchased at Walmart in auto dept.

 

Oil drenched cardboard, with a hot exhaust parked above it. Sounds like a fire hazard.

 

Griot's Garage sells some nice rubber mats. I think they are about 8-10 feet wide and available in different lengths, colors and surface textures. They are also nice for protecting the floor from snow and rain that comes in on daily drivers. My floor is polished/stained concrete.

 

Wow - Griot's Garage mats. You guys have more money than I have.

I use Metal drip trays from Wal-Mart. I also keep the leaker on the epoxy pad as much as possible.



Richard Newton
Garage Fires

 

^Richard (73911) do you store your car with the suspension unsprung, or are you working on the car in the photo above? Clean garage. LexVan approved.

 

Thanks for the input. All good options. I am moving to a new place and the garage floors are unfinished concrete. I don't really want to get them too messed up right away. Will check out the griot mats.
You guys are great! And pretty funny MOST of the time

 

throw cat litter on it, let it set, sweep it up.

 

My '85 does not leak - at least to the point where anything would drip on the floor. So as many will report, it is possible.

I have bare concrete floor, and I put old carpet down under the 911. I figure it will provide some insulation, slowing cool down after a drive, and also as something of a moisture barrier to the concrete floor (which seems dry anyway, so maybe all that is overkill).

If it leaked, I'd put cardboard and maybe a drip tray (for higher flow leaks) on top of carpet.

 

Good point. Maybe I should stop doing that. OTOH, my car's leaks are tiny.